Habitat in Arkansas
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals. Schafale
- Plants
- 199
- Birds
- 129
Plants
Plants that grow wild in this habitat in Arkansas. Not a planting list.
Most characteristic plants of this habitat 199
Natives first, plants found in fewer other habitats first.
- Silky WillowSalix sericea
- Jerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosus
- Smooth BeggarticksBidens laevis
- Smooth BlackhawViburnum prunifolium
- Golden RagwortPackera aurea
- Silver MapleAcer saccharinum
- Smooth Arrow WoodViburnum recognitum
- Southern ArrowwoodViburnum dentatum
- Blue MistflowerConoclinium coelestinum
- Pear HawthornCrataegus calpodendron
- Limerock Arrow WoodViburnum bracteatum
- ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalis
- Swamp SmartweedPersicaria hydropiperoides
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Redroot AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus
- Spreading SandmatEuphorbia humistrata
- Hazel AlderAlnus serrulata
- Spotted JewelweedImpatiens capensis
- Southeastern Flowering SpurgeEuphorbia pubentissima
- Purplehead SneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
- Smooth HydrangeaHydrangea arborescens
- Cypress-knee SedgeCarex decomposita
- Dwarf Crested IrisIris cristata
- False Hop SedgeCarex lupuliformis
- Graceful SedgeCarex gracillima
- Shortleaf WitchgrassDichanthelium ensifolium subsp. curtifolium
- Woolly WitchgrassDichanthelium scabriusculum
- Water SpeedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica
- Creeping RushJuncus repens
- Diffuse RushJuncus diffusissimus
- Redpod RushJuncus trigonocarpus
- Pennsylvania BittercressCardamine pensylvanica
- American Bur-reedSparganium americanum
- Fragrant FlatsedgeCyperus odoratus
- Illinois PondweedPotamogeton illinoensis
- Slender FlatsedgeCyperus bipartitus
- Spotted PondweedPotamogeton pulcher
- Sandbar LovegrassEragrostis frankii
- Teal LovegrassEragrostis hypnoides
- Virginia SweetspireItea virginica
- Water-shieldBrasenia schreberi
- Wild Four-o'clockMirabilis nyctaginea
- White TurtleheadChelone glabra
- Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensis
- Vahl's FimbryFimbristylis vahlii
- Water-spider OrchidHabenaria repens
- Southern Lady FernAthyrium filix-femina subsp. asplenioides
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Wildlife
Animals whose habitat model includes this habitat in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food.
Most characteristic birds of this habitat 52
Ranked by how much of their habitat model this habitat is.
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- American CootFulica americana
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Widespread birds also seen here (77)
Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.
- Alder Flycatcher
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- American Robin
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Bank Swallow
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick's Wren
- Black-and-White Warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown Creeper
- Brown Thrasher
- Canada Goose
- Carolina Chickadee
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Cooper's Hawk
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Screech-owl
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Starling
- Fox Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- Great Horned Owl
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Harris's Sparrow
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Merganser
- Indigo Bunting
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Mallard
- Mississippi Kite
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Flicker
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Purple Finch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rusty Blackbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tree Swallow
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- White-throated Sparrow
- Wild Turkey
- Wood Thrush
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
Sources
- Schafale, Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation (NC Natural Heritage Program, 2012) habitat description
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition, habitat text phone app
- NC Parks species accounts
- USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (reviewed notes)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001)
- NatureServe Explorer ecological systems (CC BY 4.0)
Habitat classes are filed under these habitat types by reviewed matches; descriptions are short glosses.





































